Thank you for your interest in registering for Juniper's J-Net Community. The first 100 new registrants will receive a Junos t-shirt! Plus you will automatically be entered in a drawing to win an Apple iPod Touch, Netbook Computer or a HD Pocket Camcorder*. Follow the instructions below to register now.

Why should you register? Becoming a Community member allows you to post in our community forums, subscribe to content via RSS, and customize your user interface after log in. In addition, there are regular promotions and "members only" online events. And of course you get a chance to win great prizes.

Are you already a registered J-Net member? Refer a friend and if that person registers, you'll be entered into the drawing.

Here's what you need to do to enter the drawing:

1. If you haven't joined J-Net, register for a free account. Remember, you must complete the registration process by signing into J-Net after registration and picking a user ID.

2. If you're already a registered user, refer a colleague or friend to J-Net. Your friend must register for a new J-Net account during the contest period and pick a user ID.

3. Leave a comment on this blog article, say hello and introduce yourself.

If you're an existing user who referred a friend, send us your friend's J-Net username, full name, company name, and email address

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*Prizes include one Asus EEE PC Netbook computer, one 32GB iPod Touch, and one Creative Labs Vado HD Pocket Video Camcorder. No purchase necessary. Must be 18 years or older to be eligible to win the prize(s). Void where prohibited by law. Winner(s) will be selected via random drawing. Promotion ends at midnight PST on December 31, 2009. Limit one entry per person. To be entered into the prize drawing, you must either register for a new J-Net account or refer a friend that registers for a new J-Net account by 11:59PM PST on December 31, 2009. Winners will be notified by the end of January 2010. Netbook/iPod/camcorder models are subject to availability and may differ from descriptions or photos shown in advertising materials.

Hello! My name is George. Just chillin and freezing in Canada. Working on Juniper Equipment (routers, switches, firewalls, IDPs, SSL, ....you name it) for the last 4 years. Hope everyone is enjoying their JUNOS-ing.

Douglas Richard Hanks Jr. is a Director of Product Management with Juniper Networks and focuses on solution architecture. He is certified with Juniper Networks as JNCIE-ENT #213 and JNCIE-SP #875.
Douglas’ interests are network engineering and architecture for enterprise and service provider technologies. He is the author of the Juniper MX Series book by O'Reilly Media and several Day One books published by Juniper Networks Books. Douglas is also the co-founder of the Bay Area Juniper Users Group (BAJUG).
Douglas can be reached on Twitter @douglashanksjr.

Lisa Lorenzin is a Principal Solutions Architect with Juniper Networks, specializing in security and mobility solutions, and a contributing member of Trusted Network Connect, a work group of the Trusted Computing Group that defines an open architecture and standards for endpoint integrity and network security. She has worked in a variety of Internet-related roles since 1994, with more than a decade of that focused on network and information security, and is currently concentrating on enterprise security including network segmentation, end-to-end identity-based access control, and integration of mobile security.